New Trailer For 'Prometheus' Arrives, Astounds and Conquers

A new trailer for the Ridley Scott helmed 'Prometheus' is online and it effortlessly paints the film as the blockbuster to beat this summer. It also makes it pretty clear that most definitely takes place in the 'Alien' universe, even if it's not necessarily a full-on 'Alien' prequel. We took an in-depth look at the new trailer and have broken it down, scene-by-scene...

There are two things immediately taken away from the new trailer for 'Prometheus'. First, the film looks huge and not necessarily in expense (although it looks plenty expensive). It looks like it has a cosmic, sweeping scale, the likes of which isn't too common in most modern science fiction films, which tends to be earthbound. Secondly, the film looks terrifying, seemingly showcasing the same combination of scares and sci-fi that made the original 'Alien' one of the greatest genre films of all time. How long has it been since we've seen a big budget summer blockbuster that was also a horror film? Too long.

You can watch the trailer embedded below and we've also done you the kindness of going through the trailer with a fine toothed comb and picking some of the most intriguing images. If you don't want to go in as fresh as possible, do yourself a favor and stop scrolling. If you want to toss around speculation as to what the heck is going on in every frame of this thing...well, what are you waiting for?

And now, onto the potential spoilers! You've been warned!

Hmm...what exactly are we seeing here? Some sort of strange infection, traveling through the body of an unknown character? Whatever it is, it looks nasty.

One thing this trailer does exceptionally well is sell 'Prometheus' as a big movie. It's been a long time since we've seen a horror movie on a scale this large.

Ah, here's our titular spacecraft. Those three thrusters definitely fit the aesthetic seen in the 'Alien' universe.

Here's an even better shot of the Prometheus, landing on what we can all safely assume is LV-421. It doesn't look nearly as desolate as it will in later films. Perhaps something catastrophic will render it uninhabitable like we see in 'Alien'?

Here is Michael Fassbender, doing his usual job of making normal men feel terribly inadequate.

There are lot of vehicles on display in this trailer which means: 1. Plenty of potential merchandising opportunities! And 2. Plenty of vehicles to get into horrible wrecks, presumably.

We saw this room in a previous trailer. It should look very familiar to you...